Hs father was secretary to the Duke of Parma; at Parma he studied, at an early age, music theory with Gasparo Ghiretti and violin with Alessandro Rolla; his concert debut, aged eight, was at the ducal court, playing a violin concerto.
[1][2] In 1803 he went to Paris, where his quartets had been published, and wrote two operas, Galatée ou le Nouveau Pygmalion and Hésione, which were accepted by the Académie Impériale de Musique but never performed.
Théâtre Feydeau staged three comic operas by Benincori: Les Parents d'un jour (1815; libretto by Amédée de Beauplan); La promesse de Mariage ou Le Retour au Hameau (1818; libretto by Michel Dieulafoy and Nicolas Gersin), and Les Epoux indiscrets ou Le danger des confidences (1819; libretto by Saint-Alme and C. de Saint-Just).
[1][2] Benincori died in Belleville, Paris on 30 December 1821, aged 42, six weeks before Aladin opened on 6 February 1822.
It was enthusiastically received; the theatre was lit by gas lighting for the first time, which may have contributed to its success.